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CHARLES KINKEL, OF NEW -YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR .ALEXANDER Wants, oF SAME PLAGE. Lewisham-N0. 63,059, ma Match 19, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOUGHS.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN-z l vBe it known'that I, CHARLES KINKEL, -of the city, county, and State` of New York, have invented a. new and improved Plough.; and I hereby declare `the following to be a full,clear,.and exact description thereof, reference ,being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichi Figure l represents a horizontal vie-w of the plough.- Figure 2, a front view of the same. v Figure 3, aside view of the same. v

Figure 4, a longitudinal section through the line C d of tig. 2. Figure 5 is a,cross-section through the line a. b of lig. 3. Figure 6 is a perspectiveview of the application'of my improvement to existing ploughs. The same letters of reference .mark the same parts in all these figures.

, yllhe Inature of my invention consists in the-construction of a self-holding plough, the course of which during the ploughing is regulated by means of a universal joint connected with the plough-frameand plough-beam, substantially as hereinafter described.

To enableothers skilled in the art to make and use my invention, l will proceed to describe its construction and operation. I

In the annexed drawih'f A represents the ploughshare. 'B the plough-beam. C the plough-frame. D

. a the axle of the wheels connected with the frame. Ex E2 thewheels. F the screw-tree. G the universal joint.

H the cart-shaft. I the chain connecting it with the plough-beam. K the plough-beam handle. the plough'- sliare base. The frame C consists ofA cast iron, to which the screw-tree F is fastened. Said screw-tree is connected with the plough-beam by means of the universaljoint piece, one end of which-is a mother-screw holding the screw-tree F, and the otherend'owhich slides in the double slot n of the plough-beam, whereby the ploughbeam may be turned horizontally or vertically, as may be desired, without admitting of any vacill'ating motion in its vertical position. The lower vend of the frame contains several openings m my m to receive the lower end of the screw-tree, the upper end of which is adjustable by means of 'the slot p in which a connecting piece is made to slide, and when in the position desired it may be fixed therein' by the screw-handle Ar. The cart-shaft H is connected'on the lower -side of the frame with semicircular extension piece h of the frame, containing cuts iz' t', in which the shaft H maybe fitted, and in either one of which it may .bexed-by means of the screw-handle q. By means of' the screw-tree and the shaft the width of 4the' furrow may be regulated at pleasure.A The axle D is connected with 'the frame C in such a manner that at s, near the small wheel, it is fastened to the frame by means of a screw which permits a slight. turning, while near the other-end, at t, there are a few holes in the frame into either of which it mayy be fastenedqby a pin, so-as to permita slight raising'or'lowering of the big wheel, whereby the depth of the furrow may be regulated at pleasure in connection with putting the universal jointv higher or lower on the screvwtree.. -The handle'l` at the end ofv the plough-beamis placed there only for the purpose of lifting lthe plouglishare out of the furrow whenrequired, and not for the purpose of leading the plough. The back. part of theploughshare base L is provided with a cast-iron piece-,713, inthe form shown in figs. 3 and 5, which is fastened to the said base by screws, and which,'when rendered useless by being rubbed off, may be removed and another piece screwed on in its stead; this being apart of the plough which is most liable to be ruined by the constant friction between it and the rm part of thefurrow.

The advantage of this plough over all others in use, is that it is rendered self-holding and self-regulating, dispensing with the leading of the ploughshaie or plough-handle without being more complicated in its construction than-the usual plough; and the plough-frame'C may be applied to all kinds 'of existing ploughs. whereby they'lnay be -rendered more useful and easier of management. i

n order to apply my said improvement to existing ploughs, I use the' construction represented -in fig. -of the drawings. i

B (in said ligure) represents the plough-,beams of a usual plough. R, a cast-iron shoe which may be fastened thereto by the screwl S.' Qv is a cast-iron side piece which prevents the turning of the ploughsharev toward the inside of the furrow. The said side piece is tunable-vertically on the screw-bolt T, whchalso serves as pivot for the universal joint G', in whieh th'escrew-tiee F is held. P represents alorigitudinal screw-bolt onwhich the shoe R turns, and. also holdsA the side piece Q. In this manner u'horizontal and Vertical rotatien of the plough may be attained without requiring any alteration ina'plough-beam of' the usual construction, und thus all ploughs may, be nonveniently provided with my 'said imprevement. The shoeR may be shoved further or nearer to the end of the plougbrbeam by the use of the screw S.

What I claim as new, and desire. to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is- 1. The generati construction of the plough, consisting of. the plough-frame C, in connection with Vthe air-1e D, the plough-beam B, screw-tree F, and shaftH, substantially as described.V

2. The plough-frame C, in combination with-the Shrew-tree F, and' universal joint G, substantially as set forth. 'l

3. The univer'suljoint G, applied to the plough-beam Rund screw-tree F, substantially as described.' 4. AThejnovanle axle D, in c ouibination with the plough-frame C, substantially'as described. 5.", Ihe applicati-on of my improvement. te ploughs of the usual construction by means of the cast-iron shoe E, substantiallyias described.

CHAS. KINKEL.

Witnesses:

' CHAS. ,WEHLE,

GUsTAv ZIMMERMANN. 

